linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mips: lib: uncached: fix uninitialized variable 'sp'

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Date:   Sun, 6 Dec 2020 14:33:33 +0000 (GMT)
From:   "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>
To:     Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@...aro.org>
cc:     Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        natechancellor@...il.com, ndesaulniers@...gle.com,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mips: lib: uncached: fix uninitialized variable 'sp'

On Sun, 6 Dec 2020, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:

>  I think this should be OK once the issues I mentioned here have been 
> addressed.

 Or alternatively making the variable global would possibly be a better 
fix as it would let the compiler decide if to waste another register to 
keep a copy of $sp.

  Maciej